Welcome to my very first blog post ever! Hi, I am Kerri the CMO at Abunga and a not-so-hip mother. Really – just ask my children. They think I am very un-cool most of the time. I am the mother of two children (Cory, 15 and Justin, 12) and two step-children (Ryan, 14 and Belle, 11). They are all terrific kids and definitely keep us busy.
My husband Richard and I are always looking for fun and interesting things to do with the kids to break up the time they spend playing video games or watching television. Richard comes up with some very interesting places for the family to visit – he likes to take us to festivals around the state of Tennessee. Before I married him it never would have occurred to me to pile the kids in the car and head off to some small town I have never heard of to check out events like the Pumpkin Festival or the Tennessee Renaissance Festival. We have been to so many I could not remember them all if I tried and I certainly could not tell you where they are all located. My boys and I have been in Tennessee for 5 years now and I am still learning my way around the state.
As gas prices continue to rise we are not sure how many festivals we will make this summer. However, I am still in search of things to keep my kids entertained besides letting them sit in front of the computer or television all day long. It is a good thing that I work for an online bookstore – books can transport the kids into another world without ever leaving our home.
Cory and Justin, much to their dismay, have been instructed by their not-so-hop mom to read an hour per day. I may not be cool but I am sneaky. I know that once they get involved in a book they like they will read for much longer than an hour!
Cory loves the author Ted Dekker. He is currently reading Renegade, part of Dekker’s Lost Books Series. He’ll be finished in a day or so and then on the fourth book Chaos. Justin has picked up one of Cory’s old series and just finished the first book Dragonspell by Danita K. Paul. Book two in the Dragonspell series is Dragonquest.
If you have any creative ideas of how to keep the kids busy this summer we would love to hear about them. You can post your comments to the blog or send us an email at customerservice@abunga.com.
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July. Look for a festival near you and bring a book along for the ride!
~Kerri
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